broom vs petty whin

petty whin vs broom

broom and petty whin both are nouns.

broom is a verb but petty whin is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
broom	Yes	No	Yes	No
petty whin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, petty whin is a hyponym of broom; that is, petty whin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than broom:

broom: any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
petty whin: prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe

Other hyponyms of broom include weeping tree broom, Cytisus albus, Cytisus multiflorus, white broom, white Spanish broom, common broom, Cytisus scoparius, green broom, Scotch broom, broom tree, Genista anglica, needle furze, Genista hispanica, Spanish broom, Spanish gorse, dyer's-broom, dyer's greenweed, dyeweed, Genista tinctoria, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, woodwaxen, Spanish broom, Spartium junceum, weaver's broom.

broom (noun)	petty whin (noun)
a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle	prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe
any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere

broom (verb)	petty whin (verb)
sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
finish with a broom

Difference between broom and petty whin

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